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Research Update: Gigaset

02. April 2012



How to handle cash cows

When we resumed coverage in November 2010, Gigaset was a simple investment case: Gigaset was a zero growth-cash rich technology leader which was clearly undervalued because of ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

31. Januar 2012



Preliminary figures & rolling out 2013e estimates

...  With the publication of the 2011 preliminary figures, we expect the ... and believe that the market will refocus on Gigaset’s valuation ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

18. November 2011



The start of a positive margin cycle

The third quarter was by far the cleanest quarters we've seen from Gigaset in years, with no one-offs and profitability materially exceeding our estimates and consensus. The only hair on the quarter appears to be a ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

11. August 2011



1.3x EV/EBITDA 2012e

We reiterate our ***** rating on a highly attractive risk reward profile…

Gigaset continues to deliver robust earnings growth, despite a deteriorating economic environment. While cost pressures could impact growth in the ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

14. Juni 2011



Key takeaways from the AGM

On June 10, Gigaset held its 2010 annual shareholder meeting in Munich. The following information was provided to the shareholders ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

09. Mai 2011



Q1: Clean beat - Raising estimates and PT

Publishing Q1/11 report
Q1 revenues were €150.2, 6.8% above eViscardi and somewhat surprising in light of the recent reports by peer group telco equipment suppliers like ...


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Research Update: Gigaset

05. April 2011



Healthy fundamentals, M&A cycle ahead

Publishing 2010 annual report

Gigaset published its 2010 report yesterday. The company reported revenues from continued operations of €503.7mn, down from €556.0mn in 2009 which included the ...


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Research Update: Arques Industries AG

23. November 2010



Reshaping Arques into Gigaset AG
 
We resume coverage with a ... rating and a PT of €...
Until recently, Arques’ poor share price performance was a consequence of unsolved legal proceedings with Siemens - which most of us believed Arques would not survive - and liquidity concerns driven by poor performance of ...


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Research Update: Arques Industries AG

13. März 2009



Substantial write-downs
 
Release of preliminary FY2008 figures
Arques FY2008 results were below expectations. Revenues increased to €5.5bn from €2.1bn in FY2007, beating management guidance of €5bn+, but missing our forecast of...


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Research Update: Arques Industries AG

06. März 2009



It’s clearance sales now
 
Sale of Rohé and Hünert Tanktechnik
Following the sale of four subsidiaries BEA, ddp, Evotape und Rohner in a portfolio transaction to BluO and the divestment of Gigaset’s broadband business to French Sagem Communications, Arques sold...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

21. November 2008



More pain to come - Cutting to Sell

Q3 below our estimates and consensus
Arques reported 9M/08 revenues of €3.9bn (+293.9% YoY), slightly below our forecasts of €4.1bn. EBIT of €-92.3mn fell significantly short of our estimates of €-47.4mn with downside coming from high depreciation and...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

01. September 2008



Arques + Aurelius = Arquelius

Small fast fish sometimes eat large sluggish ones
According to rumors reported in the German Handelsblatt newspaper, Aurelius plans to acquire Arques. It is astonishing that such rumors, which tend to originate in the summer lull, actually linger as long as they do. What is even more astonishing is the fact that they have prompted some of fellow...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

01. August 2008



Takeover of Siemens cordless phones

Arques takes over SHC from Siemens
Arques acquires an 80.2% stake in Siemens Home and Office Communication (SHC). SHC develops and produces premium Products for home communications like cordless and fixed line phones, Voice-over-IP products, ...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

23. Mai 2008



Operating results

Q1/08 significantly higher than previous year without bargain purchase
For the first time in its history, Arques has presented in its quarterly report an EBITDA that reflects with €15.3mn nothing but its operating figures, i.e. has not been influenced by earnings form any bargain purchase. However, it ...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

28. April 2008



First acquisition in 2008

Arques takes over Spanish ASM
Arques is taking over the Spanish parcel delivery service company Agencia Servicios Mensajeria (ASM). ASM undertakes courier, transport and special logistics services for major customers in the telecommunications, banking...


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Research update: ARQUES Industries AG

14. April 2008



Trade sale of Jahnel-Kestermann

Third sale in 2008
Jahnel-Kestermann (JaKe) is already the third holding to be sold this year. Although the transaction proceeds of €20-21 mn correspond to the NAV of €20,5mn adjusted in the annual report, they are still significantly below the NAV of €37.5mn published last November or, respectively, below the ...


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Research update: ARQUES Industries AG

02. April 2008



Significant NAV adjustments

Q4 only partly in line with expectations
- With sales revenues of €2,102.3mn and EBITDA of €202.7mn, the company fulfilled the revenue and EBITDA expectations (eViscardi and consensus) for the recently ended fiscal year. By contrast, Arques' EBIT of €141.8mn and earnings per share of €4.46 fell significantly short of both forecast and ...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

21. Januar 2008



Risks of a persistant brain drain

Third change on the management board within a year
Chinese water torture is a method of torture in which victims are strapped down and water is dripped onto their forehead until they suffer such severe stress that they give up their resistance. From an analytical perspective, a management board member's resignation is an event that is difficult to quantify in enterprise valuation. The resignation, one by one, of the entire management board, notably the company founders, notably within a single...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

23. November 2007



The engine is running at full throttle!

For Arques, a recession scenario is being discounted
Apparently, the capital market is currently misinterpreting the management's willingness to pay positive prices for profitable group spin-offs and seeing it as limitation of the business model. However, the take-overs of Actebis, Woco and Möller, for which Arques is expected to record earnings from...


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Research update: Arques Industries

24. August 2007



Ahead of an even stronger Q3

We remain Buyers of Arques. (a) The acquisition of Actebis (sales €2.5bn, EBITDA €32mn) has shown that Arques is also able to acquire larger companies at very favorable prices. (b) The exit from SKS, SKW and Salto has shown, that Arques is able to use different exit channels in equal...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

26. Juli 2007



The largest acquisition in the company's history

The acquisition of Actebis is the single largest deal in Arques' corporate history: With 1,300 employees, the IT wholesaler Actebis generated revenues of €2.5bn last year, while EBITDA came to about...


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Research update: Arques Industries AG

25. Mai 2007



Exits gaining in importance

Sustained high growth rates: In the first quarter, Arques more than doubled its sales revenues from EUR 140.1mn to EUR 295.5mn. EBIT was up 40% to EUR 25.9mn. In the first quarter, a total of four companies were aquired (Quab, Chicara, Wandried Drcuk Kalden and Van Netten). This resulted in ...


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Research: Arques Industries AG

11. April 2007



Initiation of Coverage

Arques Industries specializes in the acquisition and restructuring of corporate spin-offs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in what are known as "transitional situations". As a turnaround investor, Arques acquires...


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